Multilingual Resources For Children  

Oleh:

Edwards, Viv

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Language and Education (Full Text) vol. 8 no. 3 (1994), page 147-156.
Fulltext: Vol. 08, no 3, p 147-156.pdf (687.94KB)

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This article is a response to Grace Feuerverger's contribution in the current issue of Language and Education which describes a multicultural literacy intervention for minority students in Toronto. Whereas the use of multilingual resources is a recent phenomenon in Canada, British schools have been using such materials for over a decade. While agreeing with Grace Feuerverger that they have the potential to empower students and bring about change, we argue diat their uncritical use is unlikely to result in significant improvement. We outline a range of problems around the production and use of multilingual resources, drawing on the conventional wisdom accumulated by teachers over the last ten years and on the early work of the 'Multilingual Resources for Children' project which we currently co-direct. Finally, we point to economic and political reasons for international co-operation in this area.

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